gcj-4.4-jdk can't be installed

[Dan Kegel]

Testing 12.04 alpha 1, fully updated.
gcj-4.5-jdk can be installed fine, but when you try to install gcj-4.4-jdk, it aborts:

$ sudo apt-get install gcj-4.4-jdk
...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gcj-4.4-jdk : Depends: gcc-4.4 (>= 4.4.6-4) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gcj-4.4-jdk (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-9.16-generic 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 17 15:59:36 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111130.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gcj-4.4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-16 (1 days ago)

[Dan Kegel (dank)]

Also affects ubuntu 11.10 amd64.

[Dan Kegel (dank)]

Whoops, does *not* affect 11.10. I was looking at the wrong log file.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

apt-get install -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true gcj-4.4-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Investigating (0) gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs )
Broken gcc-4.4-base:amd64 Breaks on gcj-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.4.6-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 4.6.1-4ubuntu2~)
  Considering gcj-4.4-base:amd64 12 as a solution to gcc-4.4-base:amd64 4
  Removing gcc-4.4-base:amd64 rather than change gcj-4.4-base:amd64
Investigating (0) cpp-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( interpreters )
Broken cpp-4.4:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (= 4.4.6-13ubuntu1)
  Considering gcc-4.4-base:amd64 4 as a solution to cpp-4.4:amd64 2
  Removing cpp-4.4:amd64 rather than change gcc-4.4-base:amd64
Investigating (0) gcc-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.4:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (= 4.4.6-13ubuntu1)
  Considering gcc-4.4-base:amd64 4 as a solution to gcc-4.4:amd64 1
  Removing gcc-4.4:amd64 rather than change gcc-4.4-base:amd64
Investigating (1) gcj-4.4-jdk [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.4.6-2ubuntu3 > ( java )
Broken gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( devel ) (>= 4.4.6-4)
  Considering gcc-4.4:amd64 1 as a solution to gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 10000
  Added gcc-4.4:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 via keep of gcc-4.4:amd64
Investigating (1) gcc-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.4:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (= 4.4.6-13ubuntu1)
  Considering gcc-4.4-base:amd64 4 as a solution to gcc-4.4:amd64 1
  Removing gcc-4.4:amd64 rather than change gcc-4.4-base:amd64
Investigating (2) gcj-4.4-jdk [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.4.6-2ubuntu3 > ( java )
Broken gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( devel ) (>= 4.4.6-4)
  Considering gcc-4.4:amd64 1 as a solution to gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 10000
  Added gcc-4.4:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcj-4.4-jdk:amd64 via keep of gcc-4.4:amd64
Investigating (2) gcc-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( devel )
Broken gcc-4.4:amd64 Depends on gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (= 4.4.6-13ubuntu1)
  Considering gcc-4.4-base:amd64 4 as a solution to gcc-4.4:amd64 10000
  Added gcc-4.4-base:amd64 to the remove list
Broken gcc-4.4:amd64 Depends on cpp-4.4 [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( interpreters ) (= 4.4.6-13ubuntu1)
  Considering cpp-4.4:amd64 2 as a solution to gcc-4.4:amd64 10000
  Added cpp-4.4:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.4:amd64 via keep of gcc-4.4-base:amd64
  Fixing gcc-4.4:amd64 via keep of cpp-4.4:amd64
Investigating (3) gcc-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < 4.4.6-13ubuntu1 > ( libs )
Broken gcc-4.4-base:amd64 Breaks on gcj-4.4-base [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.4.6-2ubuntu3 > ( libs ) (< 4.6.1-4ubuntu2~)
  Considering gcj-4.4-base:amd64 12 as a solution to gcc-4.4-base:amd64 10000
  Added gcj-4.4-base:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing gcc-4.4-base:amd64 via keep of gcj-4.4-base:amd64
Investigating (3) libgcj10-awt [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.4.6-2ubuntu3 > ( libs )
Broken libgcj10-awt:amd64 Depends on gcj-4.4-base [ amd64 ...

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Seems like the fix from bug #853688 was accidentally dropped, see http://launchpadlibrarian.net/82030841/gcc-4.4_4.4.6-11ubuntu1_4.4.6-11ubuntu2.diff.gz

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Matthias, is this worth fixing, vs. just dropping gcj-4.4 for precise? Seems to not have any revdeps in the archive.

[Dan Kegel (dank)]

FWIW, I have no need for gcj-4.4. I was just testing them all.

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

How important is gcj-4.4-jre? I have it in my Ubuntu 10.04 system which prevents it from being upgraded to Precise. I will remove it if it not important.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

gcj-4.4 has been removed from precise.